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Nathaniel, a young magician's apprentice, becomes caught in a web of magical espionage, murder, and rebellion, after he summons the djinni Bartimaeus and instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from the powerful magician Simon Loveland.

In 1870s London, a young orphan girl becomes the apprentice to a man who traps monsters for a living.

In Victorian England, Grubb, an orphan about twelve years old, escapes his life of drudgery as a chimney sweep's apprentice and finds himself in a very strange house filled with magical objects and creatures, but soon he learns that there are dark forces seeking his new master.

Follows the adventures of Nathaniel, a young magician, as he makes a rapid rise through the government of an alternative Britain with the help of witty and wisecracking Bartimaeus, a djinni he first summons to assist him in a plan of revenge, and who later plays an important role in saving London and the entire country.